Patents by Inventor Tohru Nakamura
Tohru Nakamura has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240340385Abstract: Depending on a degree of color degeneracy of colors of an input image after absolute colorimetric mapping, an information processing apparatus synthesizes an absolute colorimetric mapping table and a perceptual mapping table. The information processing system can acquire a first color profile for performing colorimetric color conversion, a second color profile for performing perceptual color conversion, and a parameter for increasing a distance between colors mapped through gamut mapping, and generate, based on the first color profile and the second color profile and the parameter, a third color profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2024Publication date: October 10, 2024Inventors: YUKIHIRO SHINDO, YUKI NAKATANI, HIDEKI KUBO, OKINORI TSUCHIYA, TAKASHI NAKAMURA, TOHRU IKEDA, HIROMITSU YAMAGUCHI
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Publication number: 20240227613Abstract: A power system includes: a CEMS server; at least one power apparatus; and at least one vehicle. The power apparatus charges the vehicle in a first charging pattern, the vehicle transmits charging power values by the power apparatus to the CEMS server, and the server pairs an intended power apparatus having performed charging in the first charging pattern and an intended vehicle having transmitted a second charging pattern obtained based on the charging power values, if the first charging pattern and the second charging pattern match.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2023Publication date: July 11, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tohru NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 12023648Abstract: An ammonia chemical species desorption process desorbs ammonia chemical species adsorbed onto a Prussian blue derivative more simply at lower cost under milder conditions as compared with using an aqueous solution of a salt or strong acid, and only water. This ammonia chemical species desorption process includes an ammonia chemical desorption step of bringing carbon dioxide and water into contact with a Prussian blue derivative represented by the following general formula (1), thereby desorbing an ammonia chemical species. AxM[M?(CN)6]y·zH2O??(1) where x is 0 to 3, y is 0.1 to 1.5, z is 0 to 6, A is at least one cation of hydrogen, ammonium, an alkaline metal, and an alkaline earth metal, and M and M? are each independently at least one cation of at least one of atoms having atomic numbers 3 to 83 except for ammonium, an alkali metal, and an alkaline earth metal.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2019Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Akira Takahashi, Tohru Nakamura, Tohru Kawamoto, Kimitaka Minami
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Publication number: 20240198837Abstract: The server (charging control device) includes a communication unit (charging information acquisition unit) that acquires information on charging of a battery (secondary battery), and a processor (charging control unit) that controls charging of the battery. When VPP charge/discharge mode (first charging mode) in which charging is performed based on a predetermined operation plan is set, the processor executes a VPP charging process (first charging process) in which charging is performed in a range in which SOC of the battery is less than a predetermined charging threshold. When the normal charging/discharging mode (second charging mode) in which the charging plan is determined by the user of electrified vehicle 10 is set, the processor executes a normal charging/discharging process (second charging process) in which SOC performs charging up to a value equal to or larger than a predetermined charging threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2023Publication date: June 20, 2024Inventor: Tohru NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 12002304Abstract: A CEMS server includes a control device that executes a notification process of notifying a user of an electrified vehicle of promotion information for promoting charge or discharge, and a storage device that stores a program executable by the control device. The control device executes the notification process in a case where a first condition and a second condition are satisfied. The control device does not execute the notification process in a case where the first condition or the second condition is not satisfied. The first condition is a condition that a destination of the electrified vehicle is a predetermined place at which the charge or discharge of the electrified vehicle is possible. The second condition is a condition that a request for the charge or discharge is estimated in a period in which the electrified vehicle is present at the predetermined place.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2022Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Tohru Nakamura
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Publication number: 20240174084Abstract: A mobile terminal includes a display and a controller. The display displays a map image. The controller controls the display. The controller controls the display to, when a placement position of at least one power facility is displayed on the map image, display power-rate-related information and the placement position of the at least one power facility on the map image. The at least one power facility supplies electric power to an object having a power storage device mounted thereon, to charge the power storage device. The power-rate-related information is information related to a power rate unit price for charging.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2023Publication date: May 30, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tohru NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 11972643Abstract: A CEMS server includes a control device that executes a notification process of notifying a user of an electrified vehicle of promotion information for promoting charge or discharge, and a storage device that stores a program executable by the control device. The control device executes the notification process in a case where a first condition and a second condition are satisfied. The control device does not execute the notification process in a case where the first condition or the second condition is not satisfied. The first condition is a condition that a destination of the electrified vehicle is a predetermined place at which the charge or discharge of the electrified vehicle is possible. The second condition is a condition that a request for the charge or discharge is estimated in a period in which the electrified vehicle is present at the predetermined place.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Tohru Nakamura
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Publication number: 20240131953Abstract: A power system includes: a CEMS server; at least one power apparatus; and at least one vehicle. The power apparatus charges the vehicle in a first charging pattern, the vehicle transmits charging power values by the power apparatus to the CEMS server, and the server pairs an intended power apparatus having performed charging in the first charging pattern and an intended vehicle having transmitted a second charging pattern obtained based on the charging power values, if the first charging pattern and the second charging pattern match.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tohru NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20240100985Abstract: The power processing system includes a communication device and a processing device. The communication device is configured to communicate with both the facility and the management device. The processing device determines first power consumption, which is power consumption consumed in the facility during the aggregation period, among the power generation amounts of the renewable energy generated by the renewable energy power generation device during the predetermined aggregation period, and determines second power consumption, which is power consumption consumed in the facility, using normal power different from the renewable energy power. When the communication device receives the allocation request, the processing device executes the certificate issuance process.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tohru NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20240097441Abstract: A management system includes a plurality of resources configured to be electrically connected to an external power supply, and a management device configured to manage the resources. The management device includes a planning unit and a management unit. The planning unit is configured to determine a power balancing plan of each of the resources by using first information on a use schedule of each of the resources and second information indicating a magnitude of an environmental load in a process of generating electric power to be supplied by the external power supply. The management unit is configured to manage the resources to cause each of the resources to operate according to the power balancing plan or a modified power balancing plan in power balancing of the external power supply.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CHUBU ELECTRIC POWER MIRAIZ CO., INC., CHUBU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.Inventors: Yusuke HORII, Eiko Megan UCHIDA, Masashi TANAKA, Masato EHARA, Sachio TOYORA, Tomoya TAKAHASHI, Akinori MORISHIMA, Takuji MATSUBARA, Tohru NAKAMURA, Ryou TAKAHASHI, Kenta ITO, Toshiki SUZUKI, Atsushi MIYASHITA, Takashi OCHIAI
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Publication number: 20240088695Abstract: The control device includes a charger to which electric power is distributed from the distribution board, an acquisition unit for acquiring power consumption of one or more electric devices, an instruction unit for instructing suppression of the charging operation of the charger in accordance with the power consumption based on an instruction authority of the charging operation for the charger, and a management unit for giving the instruction authority to the power management device that manages power demand using the charger when the power consumption is equal to or less than a first threshold, and giving the instruction authority to the instruction unit when the power consumption is greater than the first threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tohru NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20240037589Abstract: A server includes a determination unit that determines a state of congestion at an EVSE unit by a plurality of electrified vehicles responding to a request for execution of electric power control, and a setting unit that sets an incentive for each of the electrified vehicles to perform the electric power control at another EVSE unit when the determination unit determines that congestion is occurring at the EVSE unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takashi MATSUMOTO, Keiko HASEGAWA, Masashi TAKAHASHI, Tohru NAKAMURA, Ai MIYATA
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Publication number: 20240034178Abstract: The server includes a communication unit that acquires, by communication, information related to a performance in power control of electrified vehicle. In addition, the server includes a processor (control unit) that performs control to provide a privilege related to the communication service to the user of electrified vehicle based on the acquired information related to the track record.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takashi MATSUMOTO, Keiko HASEGAWA, Masashi TAKAHASHI, Tohru NAKAMURA, Ai MIYATA
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Publication number: 20240013324Abstract: When an operation for reserving a rental car is performed on a communication terminal, reservation information is transmitted from the communication terminal to the management server. The management server extracts a reservation period included in the reservation information, issues an incentive based on the reservation period, and notifies the incentive. When the user applies an incentive to the communication device to confirm the reservation, the operation information is sent to the management server, and the management server confirms the reservation. When the reservation confirmation is notified, the communication terminal sets the reservation period as VPP participation period of the electrified vehicles, and transmits the participation information including the information of VPP participation period to HEMS controllers. HEMS controllers register the electrified vehicles as power resources in the period specified by VPP participation period.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takashi MATSUMOTO, Keiko HASEGAWA, Masashi TAKAHASHI, Tohru NAKAMURA, Ai MIYATA
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Publication number: 20230256861Abstract: An electric vehicle management device manages an electric vehicle that is chargeable by an electric power system. The electric vehicle management device performs a state-of-charge (SOC) adjustment process for adjusting the SOC of the traveling electric vehicle based on a prediction value of a market price calculated based on information of a market price of electric power.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2022Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akinori MORISHIMA, Tohru NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20230253795Abstract: A vehicle is a vehicle that is capable of participating in demand response (DR) for adjustment of electricity supply-demand balance in an electric power grid. The vehicle includes an MG, an inlet, a battery, and an ECU. The ECU performs SOC lowering control that controls the MG in such a manner that when the vehicle participates in down DR at a travel end point of the vehicle where an electricity facility is installed, a travel end SOC, which is a SOC of the battery at the travel end point, becomes lower than when the vehicle does not participate in down DR at the travel end point.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2022Publication date: August 10, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akinori MORISHIMA, Tohru NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20230150387Abstract: An input device receives an input operation from a user of a vehicle on which a power storage device is mounted. A notification device notifies the user of information. A setting unit sets a usable range of a state of charge of the power storage device, in accordance with a user operation performed on the input device. A charging and discharging control unit controls charging and discharging of an electric power for the power storage device, based on the usable range set by the setting unit. The setting unit calculates an expected range of the usable range, and outputs the expected range to the notification device. Using the expected range, the notification device performs a process of guiding the user so that the usable range is within the expected range.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2022Publication date: May 18, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tohru NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20230128961Abstract: A CEMS server includes a control device that executes a notification process of notifying a user of an electrified vehicle of promotion information for promoting charge or discharge, and a storage device that stores a program executable by the control device. The control device executes the notification process in a case where a first condition and a second condition are satisfied. The control device does not execute the notification process in a case where the first condition or the second condition is not satisfied. The first condition is a condition that a destination of the electrified vehicle is a predetermined place at which the charge or discharge of the electrified vehicle is possible. The second condition is a condition that a request for the charge or discharge is estimated in a period in which the electrified vehicle is present at the predetermined place.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tohru NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20220396170Abstract: A power management system includes a plurality of power adjustment resources electrically connected to a microgrid MG, and a CEMS server that manages the power adjustment resources. The CEMS server outputs a power adjustment request to a plurality of power adjustment resources when suppression of power consumption or consumption of surplus power is requested in the microgrid MG, and gives an incentive to the power adjustment resource that performs power adjustment in response to the power adjustment request among the power adjustment resources. The CEMS server increases the incentive more as a deviation of a second power amount adjusted by a responding resource with respect to a first power amount requested for adjustment by the power adjustment request is smaller.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2022Publication date: December 15, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tamaki OZAWA, Tohru NAKAMURA, Akinori MORISHIMA, Yusuke HORII, Wataru MATSUMURA
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Publication number: 20220396171Abstract: A power management system includes a plurality of power adjustment resources electrically connected to a microgrid MG, and a CEMS server that manages the power adjustment resources. The CEMS server outputs a power adjustment request to the power adjustment resources when suppression of power consumption or consumption of surplus power in the microgrid MG is requested, and gives an incentive to a “responding resource” as the power adjustment resource that performs power adjustment in response to the power adjustment request among the power adjustment resources. The CEMS server increases the incentive more as a deviation of a time period during which the power adjustment is performed by the responding resource, with respect to a time period determined in the power adjustment request is smaller.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2022Publication date: December 15, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tamaki OZAWA, Tohru NAKAMURA, Akinori MORISHIMA, Yusuke HORII, Wataru MATSUMURA